Morning Buzz: Packers in downward spiral

Green Bay Packers' Jeff Janis (83) takes a moment before standing up after missing a catch in the 4th quarter during their game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.(Photo: Danny Damiani/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis)

Welcome to your Morning Buzz, rounding up news and views regarding the Green Bay Packers and their current tailspin from around the web and here at PackersNews.com. Grab a cup of coffee (or brew some tea, if that’s your thing) and get caught up on everything you need to know about the Packers.

After another thoroughly embarrassing performance, the one word that pops up in several places on PackersNews.com is “crisis”. Because that’s the state the Packers are in at the moment.

McCarthy and Thompson have been to the playoffs seven straight years, and their long tenures have made the Packers one of the two most stable franchises in the league (Pittsburgh is the other). By all appearances, team president Mark Murphy values stability and patience as much as Steelers’ ownership.

But the deeper the Packers sink this season, the more Thompson’s and McCarthy’s jobs are in jeopardy. The standards are high, and their Super Bowl in the 2010 season is getting further and further in the rear-view window. In that context, this marks the regular-season low point of their tenure.